Freedom Bike Ride
About this race
Celebrate 2025 with a bicycling odyssey through Bronzeville. The annual Freedom Bicycle Ride offers a 18.65 KM route in Chicago. The virtual Freedom Bicycle Ride offers an 18.65 Mile challenge to be completed between June 14th through June 19th.
The live route will travel through historic Bronzeville.
Route can be viewed and downloaded at the links below
Route: TBA
Route will may be slightly different based on road conditions during that time but similar. Check back for updates.
STARTING POINT & REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Riders will start the ride in 2025 at the Timothy Community Center (4351 S. Drexel Blvd).
REGISTRATION FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Individual: Free
A group start takes place at 12 pm from the Timothy Community Center. Ride rain or shine. No refunds. The registration fee includes a route mapped through Ride With GPS, a water stop UNTIL 3pm. Riders are on their own for repairs. Parking is available near the start/finish!
RIDER SUPPORT
SAG support will not cover this route. They will have minimal tools to assist in minor bicycle repairs only. All riders should be prepared to make their own repairs. Riders will be on their own after that, or if they leave the route.
SAFETY - Helmets are required. An adult must accompany all cyclists under the age of 16. Riders must obey all Illinois traffic laws.
NOTICE - this is a RIDE not a RACE. Through this sign up platform "race" is automatically applied throughout the sections. This is not our doing, and we want everyone to know that this is a ride.
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Cycling
Freedom Ride Chicago
Running
Juneteenth Freedom Ride Virtual
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Chicago, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:14 AM and sets at 8:26 PM local time (CDT) in Chicago on June 12, 2027 — 15h 11m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 149 Chicago events
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